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: Day of the Week
is the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are until the end of the year. The day of the week is .
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is dimanche.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Sagittarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
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by the Numbers
days since
year, months, and days ago
months since then
is in the th week of the year (ISO 8601)
weeks ago
The year is not a leap year
Historical Event(s)
Swedish king Charles XII dies during a siege of the fortress Fredriksten in Norway.
In New Orleans, Louisiana, Spanish representatives officially transfer the Louisiana Territory to a French representative. Just 20 days later, France transfers the same land to the United States as the Louisiana Purchase.
Crimean War: Battle of Sinop – The Imperial Russian Navy under Pavel Nakhimov destroys the Ottoman fleet under Osman Pasha at Sinop, a sea port in northern Turkey.
American Civil War: Battle of Franklin – The Army of Tennessee led by General John Bell Hood mounts a dramatically unsuccessful frontal assault on Union positions commanded by John McAllister Schofield around Franklin, Tennessee, with Hood losing six generals and almost a third of his troops.
The first-ever international football match takes place at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, between Scotland and England.
American Old West: Second-in-command of Butch Cassidy’s Wild Bunch gang, Kid Curry Logan, is sentenced to 20 years imprisonment with hard labor.
In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.
The Pakistan Peoples Party is founded by Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto who becomes its first Chairman later as the Head of state and Head of government after the 1971 Civil War.
Deutsche Bank board member Alfred Herrhausen is killed by a Red Army Faction terrorist bomb.
Lion Air Flight 538 crash lands in Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia, killing 26.
Who were born on ?
William-Adolphe Bouguereau, French academic painter (d. 1905)
Sir Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Nobel laureate (d. 1965)
Reuvein Margolies, Austrian-Hungarian-born Israeli author and Talmudic scholar (d. 1971)
Robert Nighthawk, American musician (d. 1967)
Joe B. Hall, American basketball coach
Bob Moore, American bassist and orchestra leader
Cho Namchul, South Korean professional Go player (d. 2006)
Norman Deeley, English footballer (d. 2007)
Bo Jackson, American football and baseball player
Josh Lewsey, English rugby union footballer
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